High Lift Garage Door Spring Calculator

A high lift garage door extends your garage door s track so that the door hugs the wall and goes up higher before the horizontal curve.

High lift garage door spring calculator.

The cable drum can be found after the end of the spring assembly. High lift kits increase the vertical rise of the garage door so that the door reaches the horizontal track closer to the ceiling than with a standard lift garage door. Weighing your garage door is the best possible way to determine the proper springs needed for the door. Measure the distance from the top of the closed door to the bottom of the horizontal track.

This form will follow the first two sections of our high lift garage door conversion tutorial. If you need a shaft to convert to a high lift system we recommend buying a shaft locally from a steel supply center or a steel scrap yard. Standard spring anchor bracket kits cost 7 50 and the end bearing plate kits cost 9 00. Here s a complete guide to high lift conversions for the standard garage door.

You can view other options and prices at our garage door bearings and plates page. Video credit to suzukas2000. 1 divide the total spring s ippt by the cable drum multiplier 2 multiply the spring ippt by the number of turns and then divide by the hi moment arm high lift. It makes better use of the vertical space in your garage and gives you at least 12 15 more headroom in your garage by moving the garage door track closer to the ceiling.

The cable drum should be cast on an aluminum alloy and it should have an end bearing plate just beyond it.